Pepe Oriola gracious in defeat to title rival Stefano Comini

Craft-Bamboo Racing’s Pepe Oriola was gracious in defeat to Target Competition rival Stefano Comini, with the Spaniard saying he did all that he could in order to challenge for the championship around the streets of Macau.

Oriola had qualified in fifth position, but was up to fourth behind his title rival in Race 1, pushing him hard throughout the race, with the battle recommencing in Race 2, with Comini this time leading overall, but contact before Lisboa put saw the Spaniard retire early.

“We knew that it would be really hard after qualifying,” said Oriola to TouringCarTimes.

“(In the race) I was faster but it was just impossible to overtake him. He was closing all the doors. It was an extremely close fight at the end, but he braked a little bit earlier than I expected and I just pushed him and I broke my radiator.”

“I’m really happy for my season as a whole as I had about 12 podiums. It was a really close fight and we proved we were both good drivers. Of course I wanted to win, everyone wants to win, but he deserved it, there’s nothing I can say, and all year we had a good clean fight between the both of us.”